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...celebrating the feast of St. Nicholas, which was erroneously reported in the Press as a "bare-leg, bare-hip affair." Actually it was performed by a troupe of respectable, well-clad Barnard girls. But Bishop William Thomas Manning refused to countenance Dr. Guthrie's practices, forbade any further goings-on. Dr. Guthrie stood his ground, went on giving ritual dances. In 1924 Bishop Manning ceased his episcopal visitations to St. Mark's in-the-Bouwerie. There were no confirmations; the children of St. Mark's had to go elsewhere or do without...
...full view of the audience. The farcical exploits of a crew of blackmailers nearly cause things to go askew, but Mr. Hodge at length avoids the dilemmas which, as playwright, he has devised for himself. That portion of the Hodge public which enjoys rather obvious double-meanings and bedchamber goings-on will have a good time...
...daily triumphs over twelve brow-beaten individuals who submit to cold roast beef and hot vegetables or cold vegetables and hot roast beef, according to the best judgment of the servant above-mentioned. He had a sleek, self-satisfied air, and well he might, for he knew the secret goings-on in an establishment which had been the despair of the president and corporation of Harvard College and six hundred students to boot. He probably knew why the directors remained together four hours in one day and then handed in a report to their constituents covering half a page...